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State Department Notes on Dominican Republic

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Defense Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Dominican Republic Relations PEOPLE About half…

baseball

(Encyclopedia) CE5 A regulation baseball field. Minimum distance to the outfield fence is 250 ft; professional baseball fields constructed since 1958 have been at least 325 ft deep along the foul…

Biographies of Famous African Americans

  Aaliyah–Ewing | Farmer–Innis | Jackson–Ludacris | Mac–Puckett | Rabb–Swoopes | Tanner–Van Der Zee Browse by category Government Officials Civil Rights Leaders Religious…

American art

(Encyclopedia) American art, the art of the North American colonies and of the United States. There are separate articles on American architecture, North American Native art, pre-Columbian art and…

Bush, George Walker

(Encyclopedia) Bush, George Walker, 1946–, 43d President of the United States (2001–9), b. New Haven, Conn. The eldest son of President George H. W. Bush, he was was raised in Texas and, like his…

State Department Notes on Cuba

U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People and Religion History Government National Security Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Cuban Relations PEOPLE AND RELIGIONCuba is a multiracial…

English literature

(Encyclopedia) English literature, literature written in English since c.1450 by the inhabitants of the British Isles; it was during the 15th cent. that the English language acquired much of its…

Algeria

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Algeria Algeria ăljērˈēə [key], Arab. Al Djazair, Fr. Algérie, officially People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, republic (2021 est. pop. 45,011,252…

Members of Congress: New York, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from New York Member Name Birth-Death ABZUG, Bella Savitzky 1920-1998 ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard 1942-  ADAMS, Charles Henry 1824-1902…

drama, Western

(Encyclopedia) drama, Western, plays produced in the Western world. This article discusses the development of Western drama in general; for further information see the various national literature…